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3. THE POLITICAL DIRECTOR CHRISTIANSEN TOLD ME THAT OUR REFUSAL TO ALLOW SAS TO OPERATE TO HONG KONG WAS STILL A CAUSE OF IRRITATION ON THE SCAND INAVIAN SIDE AND WAS AN ELEMENT IN SCANDINAVIAN THINKING LEADING TO THE DENUNCIATION OF THE ASA. HE ALSO HINTED THAT SAS HAD TAKEN A MORE MERCENARY LINE TOWARDS THE APPLICATIONS AND THE ASA THAN HAD THE THREE GOVERNMENTS. (WE SHOULD RESPECT HIS CONFIDENCE IN THIS MATTER).
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